Jason, I haven’t ridden the Strael but I’ve read a lot lot lot about it. It seems like the Ritchey might be better if you want a pure performance road race feeling bike with the ride qualities of steel. Like I said in my little review, it reminds me of a Giant TCR, one of the snappiest and playful handling bikes out there—but tempered by planted steel confidence on descents and tight corners.
The Strael seems like more of an all ‘rounder, perhaps like an endurance/all road bike with some go fast dna embedded in the geometry.
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